"A white elephant" means something that is useless, although it may cost a lot of money.

“白象”指的是无用却很昂贵的东西。

The new office block has become an expensive white elephant.

这座新办公大楼成了昂贵的摆设。

The venture has been widely dismissed as a $264 million white elephant.

普遍认为该2.64亿美元的风险投资华而不实。

That vase is a white elephant.

那个花瓶是个累赘。

I saw an unusual white elephant.

我看到一只罕见的白象。

There's a white elephant sale today.

今天有珍品要廉价拍卖。

We'll be trapped with white elephant stadiums.

现在他们又在用体育场馆这头白色大象来糊弄我们。

Eg: that would be a white elephant to me.

我们不想要这个沉重的负担。

Our first flag had a white elephant on it.

我们的第一面国旗上就绘著一头白象！

A motor car would be a white elephant to me.

对我来说汽车可能是个累赘。

My new car turned out to be my white elephant.

我的新车成了我的累赘。

There is a white elephant in our national flag.

我们的国旗白色的大象。

Who would have thought to meet a white elephant.

谁会想到会遇到一头白象啊！

That is a white elephant, and you'll never like it.

那是个大而累赘的东西，你不会喜欢它的。

I'll never buy a car, for it's only a white elephant.

我决不买汽车，因为它对我只会是一个累赘。

Buying such a white elephant is simply wasting money.

买这样大而无用的东西完全是浪费金钱。

The teacher told us not to have a white elephant to keep.

老师叫我们不要背上沉重的包袱。

The project was believed to be nothing but a white elephant.

这个项目被认为只是一项沉重的负担。

Mike doesn't want the house, it always has been a white elephant.

迈克不想要那房子，它一向是个累赘。

In Thailand and India, a white elephant is regarded as a sacred animal.

在泰国和印度，白象被视为神圣的动物。

A motorcar would be a white elephant to him, because he cannot drive it.

汽车对他一点用都没有，因为他不会驾驶。

Each holiday for me seemed like a white elephant, a thing which can't make people excited.

每一个节日对于我来说如同鸡肘，令人提不起劲。

She doesn't like music at all, and the piano you bought for her is really a white elephant.

她根本不喜欢音乐，你买的钢琴对她来说确实是一个累赘。

Technology is technology, and the lack of proper pedagogy leads only to an expensive white elephant.

技术毕竟是技术，如果缺少教学法的指导，再好的技术也只能是昂贵的附属品。